Spring 2007 Semester Course Offering(s)
CH-539 HS: Special Topics in Physical Chemistry: Chemical Processes & Analysis of Microscale and Nanophase Materials (3 Credits)
It is being offered as a “hybrid course” (in-class and on-line)
Class meeting time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on alternating Saturdays
Start Date: January 16, 2007
Course Description: This course explores a chemist’s or a chemical engineer’s viewpoint of material science for processing and characterizing materials at the micron and nanoscale. Phenomena at the gas-solid interface will be discussed as well as surface analytical techniques such as SEM. Thin film growth techniques such as PVD and CVD will also be explored from a theoretical as well as an experimental perspective. Other related topics include solid adsorption and gas phase kinetics, chemical reaction kinetics, and some basic engineering principals and concepts. Special topics such as atmospheric chemistry may be introduced.
Taught by: Dr. Mathieu Freeman has a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research specialization and experience is in conductor, semiconductor and insulating ceramic materials CVD processing technologies. He has worked with both high and low temperature processes as well as low or atmospheric pressure CVD systems. Dr. Freeman’s experimental research has contributed to the microelectronic industry (IBM) and the energy and defense industries (Doe-Knolls Atomic Power labs), where he worked for nearly 7 years.